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Beautiful art and coloring. I love how much detail the artist puts into his work.

I also love the story. It was good to see Selina helping Batman get his mojo back after all he has gone through. I also loved how they were so torn between their love and emotions after their non-wedding. It felt real and deeply emotional. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. I find it funny how so many reviewers are upset over this interlude because of the timing of it. I'm glad they wrote it. It was beautifully done. I don't think at this time Bruce has found out about Alfred yet or maybe he has and that's how Alfred will end up still being alive. Maybe Bruce and Selina set something up that switched him out somehow and he didn't get killed. I for one am interested in finding out how it all comes together.

I honestly haven't totally hated Kings run on Batman. At times it has gotten so slow a dead person could out run it. Hate Gotham Girl. Hated Dick getting shot. But that is mostly because of him losing his memory more then anything else. And I'm not happy about the whole Bane arc. It's to much of a repeat of the Knightfall story arc. I would have liked it to have been centered more around Thomas Wayne instead. I think having him show up and the crazy things he's doing is interesting. Now there has been a lot of it I have liked also. Love the relationship growth of Selena and Bruce. Loved the date issue. I thought the jokes and riddles arc was good. I like how the Joker stopped him from killing Riddler. It made for a cool twist. King did write some interesting things. I'm looking forward to his run on Batman/ Catwoman series.I hope we find out why he's doing all this. more

In the first part of a "City of Bane" interlude, Batman receives help from an ally he thought he had lost for good: Catwoman! Still recovering from the beatings he took from Bane and Flashpoint Batman, the Dark Knight readies himself for a return to Gotham City, and it's Selina Kyle who holds the key. She knows how Bane is fueling his regime, and s...

ahhh gotcha : ) I think both arc's had good and bad parts to them. I don't know that I like either one more then the other. I do wish that Bane had been left out of the story and it had been centered around Thomas instead.

In the first part of a "City of Bane" interlude, Batman receives help from an ally he thought he had lost for good: Catwoman! Still recovering from the beatings he took from Bane and Flashpoint Batman, the Dark Knight readies himself for a return to Gotham City, and it's Selina Kyle who holds the key. She knows how Bane is fueling his regime, and s...

In the first part of a "City of Bane" interlude, Batman receives help from an ally he thought he had lost for good: Catwoman! Still recovering from the beatings he took from Bane and Flashpoint Batman, the Dark Knight readies himself for a return to Gotham City, and it's Selina Kyle who holds the key. She knows how Bane is fueling his regime, and s...

In the first part of a "City of Bane" interlude, Batman receives help from an ally he thought he had lost for good: Catwoman! Still recovering from the beatings he took from Bane and Flashpoint Batman, the Dark Knight readies himself for a return to Gotham City, and it's Selina Kyle who holds the key. She knows how Bane is fueling his regime, and s...

In the first part of a "City of Bane" interlude, Batman receives help from an ally he thought he had lost for good: Catwoman! Still recovering from the beatings he took from Bane and Flashpoint Batman, the Dark Knight readies himself for a return to Gotham City, and it's Selina Kyle who holds the key. She knows how Bane is fueling his regime, and s...

The art is good but this story and dialogue are so damn bad that it’s a 2.5 for me. Apparently Catwoman interrogated the 2 random guys on the mountain who easily beat and cut Bruce’s throat. For some reason they knew the key to beating Bane. Why? Who the hell knows. King can never be bothered to provide details. The dialogue is so bad that I’m left assuming Tom King is actually a hermit who has never interacted with another human being. This issue and the entire series is complete bullshit. Thank god he’s leaving but it still isn’t soon enough. more

In the first part of a "City of Bane" interlude, Batman receives help from an ally he thought he had lost for good: Catwoman! Still recovering from the beatings he took from Bane and Flashpoint Batman, the Dark Knight readies himself for a return to Gotham City, and it's Selina Kyle who holds the key. She knows how Bane is fueling his regime, and s...

I definitely hate his fan fiction type writing that’s for sure. What’s the point of your comment though? Do you think you’ll make me see the error of my ways so he only gets good reviews? The point is to hopefully help others decide weather or not to waste their money on his work.

the only thing this comic was missing was Catwoman tying Batman up in bondage with a gag-ball in his mouth, then spanking his fanny with a paddle until he said "Thank you Mistress Catwoman. May i have another?"

In the first part of a "City of Bane" interlude, Batman receives help from an ally he thought he had lost for good: Catwoman! Still recovering from the beatings he took from Bane and Flashpoint Batman, the Dark Knight readies himself for a return to Gotham City, and it's Selina Kyle who holds the key. She knows how Bane is fueling his regime, and s...

it's more than Meh. it's like it was written by someone completely Lobotomized. there's no real connection to the previous two issues whatsoever. it's jarring random malarky. and Bruce and Selina are acting like a couple of angsty love lorn teenagers. it's particularly annoying seeing Batman acting like a wishy washy little dickless sap.

Sepulkore is activated! The entire Ghost Sector has been imprisoned and enslaved as a new realm of Apokolips, with Darkseid as its supreme ruler! Returned to power, with reborn New Gods at his side and the Ghost Sector as an implacable fortress, Darkseid sets his sights on the remaining universe! Can anyone stand in his way? Where are Justice Leagu...

In order to carry out his contract and get what he's owed, Deadshot must kill Lucius Fox. Batman isn't about to let that happen, but without the use of lethal force, does he stand a chance against Deadshot? Plus, Mr. Freeze sets the last piece of his "Year of the Villain" master plan in motion!

It's by far one of the best looking Batman comics in a while, filled with gorgeous art, from start to finish, but that's the tragedy of it - it looks great, but offers nothing of value otherwise. It's garbage, borderline unreadable due to its painful, almost mechanical dialogues, and no real, actual, genuine chemistry between Catwoman and Batman. Their relationship has become Twilight level of forced and unnatural.
Even if you don't dislite King's run, I see no reason to recommend this comic. It's worthless filler. Too bad Mann's talents were wasted on it.more

In the first part of a "City of Bane" interlude, Batman receives help from an ally he thought he had lost for good: Catwoman! Still recovering from the beatings he took from Bane and Flashpoint Batman, the Dark Knight readies himself for a return to Gotham City, and it's Selina Kyle who holds the key. She knows how Bane is fueling his regime, and s...

Understood and appreciated. I suppose the variance between your score and mine (6.5) is that you chose to penalize King's writing, which I actually thought was among his more intelligible, and not reward perhaps the best artwork in any DC book this week. Seriously, the art was a 6 on a 5 scale. I'm not saying you are wrong for your stance -- perhaps I was with mine? And then there is the meta-issue of how King could totally isolate the couple from the atrocities taking place in Gotham!

Yeah, the art was fantastic. Simply breathtaking. I decided to penalize King strongly, as you assumed, because not only nothing happened in the issue, it was also super stiff and forced. That's the worst kind of filler. So, story and dialogues are 0/10 in my book, the art 10/10, so average 33%.

Tomasi is great at storytelling.
good set-up with starting this issue before where the last issue left off.
it made the pay-off all the more satisfying. plus the visual storytelling was very nicely done.

there's something particularly awesome about seeing Bruce getting all Primal in the jungle.
the scenes of him submerging himself in the mud or appearing from the jungle thick were totally BAD-ASS!!
the hand to hand fight scene was exhilarating!! very animated!! and i still really love Bruce's cobbled together Bat-suit. it really makes the action of this comic stand out.
i'm still very much enamored with how Tomasi is able to successfully capture that classic Silver-Age/Bronze-Age feel! these short arcs are just a whole lot of fun! they have a nice stand-alone adventure feel to them.
really looking forward to re-reading this story over in it's entirety.

i very much enjoyed the Epilogue with Clarence and Hiroshi. Tomasi always does sentimental in his stories very well. it's good to read Batman stories with some heart.

In order to carry out his contract and get what he's owed, Deadshot must kill Lucius Fox. Batman isn't about to let that happen, but without the use of lethal force, does he stand a chance against Deadshot? Plus, Mr. Freeze sets the last piece of his "Year of the Villain" master plan in motion!

The critically acclaimed series by the renowned team of writer Geoff Johns and artist Gary Frank marches toward its conclusion. In this penultimate issue, the truth behind "Rebirth" is revealed as Batman searches for the one person he believes can help him save the world...Rorschach!

While the mainstays of the Justice League-Superman, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman - battle the worldwide infection in the pages of DCEASED, a group of other heroes work to stop the impending apocalypse-no matter who they have to kill! Mr. Terrific assembles a motley group of surviving heroes including Mister Miracle, Big Barda, John Constantine, B...

On the edge of reality, Green Lantern Hal Jordan and Star Sapphire face death by power ring firing squad! Yes, Hal and Carol Ferris reunite (sort of) as they fight their way out of the improbable turn of events of the previous issue! In fact, with what happens next issue, they may not want to survive this one...

Gotham City is under siege by terrorists, and Batman is determined to find the source. But when Boston Brand tries to intervene, he discovers an even more disturbing and deadly truth: the terrorists are led by an inhuman monster. Ra's al Ghul has volunteered his own private security force to aid the GCPD, and now they are the only thing standing be...

the art is beautiful. as for the writing, it's bad but it goes without saying that it's better than King's Batman. ....hell! even a detailed list of the different types of cancer is better than King's Batman.

The first issue is better than the Harley Quinn run, but still far away from great. I didn’t need another story, that reminded me of the utterly stupid written part of HIC, where Harley beat the Trinity. We also still get zero explanation how Ivy even survived, HIC never made that really clear other than Ivy growing back from a Flower ( King apparently rather listens to some toxic twitter Ivy fans, who only read 3 Ivy comics than doing research about Ivy himself, but then again that would be the first time for him). Luckily this isn’t written by King, so we at least get some decent dialogue.
However nothing of importance happens in this issue except Harley trying to find some cloths for Ivy& Lex making an offer to Ivy. I‘m still quite disappointed& already sick of Year of the Villains& this issue didn’t change anything about that. Ivy also did nothing of significance in the last years, so I’m asking myself, why she even gets an offer. Even Killer Moth in Batgirl would have deserved one more than her. Taking showers with Harley& just standing in the background doesn’t qualify Ivy to be called great villain.
This run is also a good example of how poorly DC treats his female characters: Ivy is running around fully naked since HIC& is consequently reduced to a sex object. How some fans can claim she or Harley are feminist characters doesn’t make any sense to me& rather makes me laugh. They don’t act like that& their entire relationship ( be it friends or a lesbian couple) is always written poorly& without any substance.
I would have preferred, if this was just an Ivy story, but then again her character has been a great disappointment& joke for many years, so I can’t take Ivy serious anymore. I have my doubts with Harley involved, that this run will change anything about that& overall other characters would have deserved their own run way more than Ivy& Harley. more

Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy are taking their show on the road in this new miniseries! They'll have to evade villains and heroes alike while they explore their relationship and unpack their time and experiences at Sanctuary. Set after the events of HEROES IN CRISIS and smack in the middle of "Year of the Villain," it's a journey across the DC Univer...

I'm not sure if a spin-off was necessary for DCEASED, after all, it's not like the core series is very deep and requires much exposition. And while I generally enjoyed this issue, especially parts with Constantine, I can't stop thinking this probably should have been a regular entry, not an additional supplementary comic.
It sure has its moments, and shows more desperate side of zombie infestation, but I'm not sold yet, since I'm uncertain whether or not it has enough content to be more than a side arc within the main series.
Pick it up if you're a fan of Taylor's previous work with DCEASED and want to see more of it.more

While the mainstays of the Justice League-Superman, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman - battle the worldwide infection in the pages of DCEASED, a group of other heroes work to stop the impending apocalypse-no matter who they have to kill! Mr. Terrific assembles a motley group of surviving heroes including Mister Miracle, Big Barda, John Constantine, B...

In part two of "Take Your Shot," Batman confronts Deadshot only to learn he's come to Gotham City to enlist the skills of the World's Greatest Detective! Can the two of them work together-or will their opposing ideologies get the best of them?

Yep, I definitely have taste like no other. You never know what I might think of an issue. The art is unfortunately not great. I’m sure the bi-weekly schedule has something to do with it. I’m not a fan of the bi-weekly schedule at all. I’m even less a fan of the stupid “event” Year of the Villain. Especially considering how ugly that frozen logo looks in context with the actual cover.

Yes, I definitely have a taste like no other. You never know what I'm gonna think of an issue. I'm definitely not a fan of the bi-weekly schedule. It's clearly affecting series consistency across the board. I wish they'd just drop it by now to give their creators more time to put out quality stories.

Good issue, that feels like a classic Batman story. Terrorists attacked Gotham& Batman is trying to bring them down. Ras is offering his help. While NML gets referenced, I don’t think the story takes place during that time due to the Robins. We see 2 of them, which most likely are Tim& Damien. Damien didn’t exist during NML arc. Nightwing also is there.
What I liked about this issue is the the portrayal of Batman, who we see fighting big& small crimes like he’s saving a dog for a homeless man& the terrorists. He‘s also makes it clear, that he has a strict no killing rule- modern writers often seem to forget about this.
I also liked Deadman being a part of the story. He doesn’t often get much attention.
I also loved Adams art, since it’s quite nostalgic.

Gotham City is under siege by terrorists, and Batman is determined to find the source. But when Boston Brand tries to intervene, he discovers an even more disturbing and deadly truth: the terrorists are led by an inhuman monster. Ra's al Ghul has volunteered his own private security force to aid the GCPD, and now they are the only thing standing be...

This tie-in is just a filler, what wouldnt be that bad, if it was well-written at least. Noticing the dialogue of Mister Miracle& Barda I‘m asking myself, whether Taylor tried to copy Kings awful dialogue from his Mister Mitacle run, since Barda& Scott are talking trash in this issue just like they did, when King was writing them. Both are also severly out of character& I‘m wondering, if any current DC writer actually has ever read a New Gods Comic. None of them seem to care about these characters. Scott would never be happy about New Genesis being destroyed, that goes so heavily against his character, just no...

The characters are also acting like dumb idiots: there was no reason at all for Barda& Scott getting infected, if they had some kind of plan.

The characters also lack any emotion. They are joking about their friends, they just have killed ( what psycho does that?) in the most brutal way, it just feels cheap& dumb. Since there are only 2 issues left I have my doubts, that we will get a well written story in the end. Especially apart from killing nothing of a plot has happened up until now.

While the mainstays of the Justice League-Superman, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman - battle the worldwide infection in the pages of DCEASED, a group of other heroes work to stop the impending apocalypse-no matter who they have to kill! Mr. Terrific assembles a motley group of surviving heroes including Mister Miracle, Big Barda, John Constantine, B...

This issue felt a little anticlimatic& basically just explained Ozymandias‘ plan, which is still not fully revealed. Even so Snyder commented on Doomsday Clock a few days ago, it still has no real connection to the canon DC comics. Lex is normal in Doomsday Clock, but changed in Year of The Villains, so even so DDC originally was supposed to take place 1 year later, it has to happen a lot to get to DDC. It still feels like an Elseworld, what would be ok, if DC finally made a statement.
Since there‘s only 1 issue left& The Superman Dr. Manhatten confrontation is saved up for the final issue, I‘m worried, that the ending will be rushed& hopefully Jon won‘t be wasted.
The art is great as always.
Overall DDC is still a must- read, but this issue felt quite slow to me. I guess the final issue won’t be released until November or December, but I‘m looking forward to see the outcome. more

The critically acclaimed series by the renowned team of writer Geoff Johns and artist Gary Frank marches toward its conclusion. In this penultimate issue, the truth behind "Rebirth" is revealed as Batman searches for the one person he believes can help him save the world...Rorschach!

On the one hand I find the new Oracle interesting, but on the other hand I wish we would get the Pre52 Oracle back. DC really ruined a great character by turning Barbara into Batgirl again. I‘m kind of tired of Year of the Villains too, it just gets boring& is a mere copy of Underworld Unleashed from the 90ies without the good stories. So nothing that special happens in this issue. Jason Bard is annoying as always& Batgirl is still fighting Killer Moth. more

New series writer Cecil Castellucci continues to take Batgirl in an exciting new direction! First up-the Terrible Trio is now a quartet?! After the reawakening of Oracle, the Trio has decided to team up with her and show Gotham City what they're really made of. Meanwhile, Batgirl has her hands full with a real pest problem...Killer Moth! Can our he...

In part two of "Take Your Shot," Batman confronts Deadshot only to learn he's come to Gotham City to enlist the skills of the World's Greatest Detective! Can the two of them work together-or will their opposing ideologies get the best of them?

i've really been enjoying the Bronze-age feel that Tomasi has been going for. even the nod to The Brave and the Bold, as well as the one fellow referring to Bruce Wayne as Cary Grant, who i've often felt Jim Aparo was modeling his Batman after.

the issue was a bit exposition heavy. many won't care foe this. but so far i've been invested in the story and want to see where it goes.
this comic has a very late 70's early 80's feel, and that's something i enjoy very much.

i also liked the message about compassion that Tomasi conveyed in this issue.
there were two instances that come to mind within. far too many comics. movies and video games like to promote negativity towards man and animal, but this issue showed heart. i know i'm going on a tangent here, but not too many writers are brave enough to attempt to spread this sort of message.
most just like to go for cheap shock value.

the slapdash thrown together Bat-suit was really cool. it showed how resourceful Batman truly is. i also loved the way the pages and panels were laid out. this comic would have been much better suited with art more akin to Jim Aparo or Neal Adams. but the art was serviceable.
still, it would have been pretty amazing to see this comic drawn in an Aparo or Adams style.more

In part two of "Take Your Shot," Batman confronts Deadshot only to learn he's come to Gotham City to enlist the skills of the World's Greatest Detective! Can the two of them work together-or will their opposing ideologies get the best of them?

King continues to overexpose filler, while forgetting to give important scenes enough attention. I can't ditch the impression if feels like an elseworld story, which is not restricted by stiff continuity rules. What other explanation for absence of, let's say, Superman taking over, or Suicide Squad infiltrating the city, is there? And I get it - story doesn't always have to follow and consider everything, but I would at least expect some semi comptent explenations of what, how and why.

And speaking of elseworld tales, that's not the first time Alfred died - remember The Dark Knight Returns or Batman White Knight? In the first, he dies with the Wayne manor. In the latter, he sacrifices himself to save Bruce's life, also setting him up for a redemption arc. Here, he is just cannon fodder, really. Maybe I'm just so bored and tired of King's Batman I stopped to give a shit about anything in his comics, but I don't feel this scene had any real weigth. It was all style, no substance. Similarly to how Bane hung all the Robins in one of the first arcs. Yeah, cool looking panel, but is it going to impact the story in real, meaningful way? Seeing King's previous issues, I have doubts. After all, the only massive change the series did, was renaming Nightwing to Ric - something everyone and their mothers hate with passion.

You know, there's clearly something wrong when a death of a main character made lesser impression on me than Damian showing Gotham Girl his tiny wand.more

"City of Bane" continues! The last of the independent villains are on the run, leaving Gotham City entirely to Bane and his cronies-including Flashpoint Batman and Gotham Girl! Though this means a semblance of peace on the streets, the iron grip of tyranny is squeezing all life out of Gotham. And with Bane's machinations keeping other heroes out, t...

Have you read last issue? Knig gave us explanation of heroes' absence. Captain Atom have tried to invade, but he was beaten by Ghotam Girl. Ghotam Girl one of the most powerful characters in Dc Universe, her brother could defeat All Justice League.

She suddenly is one of the most powerful characters, but it was stated a few months ago, that she would die, if she used her powers again/ too much. And she would stand no chance against Superman or other JL members. So bad excuse.

It indeed is. Justice League must be like "yeah, let them have Gotham since they've beaten up a powerful D lister". It's not like they have sorcerers, a dead guy able to hijack people's bodies, or several telepaths. Not even starting with Waller, who is ten times more ruthless and willing to cross the line. But okay, the story required Bane to control the city, so fine, I won't complain about it, even if it really is nonsensical. It sucks anyways, as most of the run,with or without logic behind.

You said you wnt explanation, here it is, but you undatisfied anyway. You wrote that we don't have explanation, but when you see your mistake tou say, that you don't like explanation. Thus you show, that you just don't like King. And also I want to remind that heroes are busy in their ongoings. But this is stupid anyway. Heroes rarely take part in each other important story arc, becuase this wouldn't make sense. Always, when hero has problem, he can call JL and all wil end.

It was in one of Kings stories where it was stated, that Gotham Girl would die, if she used more of her power. So no it doesnt make any sense. The other super heros stay away from Gotham as long as it is Under Bruces control, but it isnt, so yes Superman would interfere& do something.

Super heroes are the definition o breaking the law. They are vigilantes.
As for the explanation, you bet I'm unsatisfied, because it's illogical. Even Everyone Loves Ivy made more sense, since at least she had control over every being on the planet. It was stupid, and the arc was trash, but at least it didn't try to pretend there's no other heroes who would do something, especially when Bat's MIA, because the plot demands Gotham to be abandoned by all the good guys.

Yeah, Superman break the law even when people die. He interfere in every civil war in every country and he doesn't care about jurisdiction and that after his leaveing conflict will happen again. Doomsday is raging in desert, or who cares? In Central-City curtain burn and because of this peaple can die.

First, she used her powers to help beat her brother so if he could beat the Justice League, she'd have to tap pretty deep to help beat him. Second, she used them against Batman and Flash recently quite a bit. Now she's using them all the time. Yeah, she should probably be dead by now. King makes little to no sense ever. No one coming to save Gotham from being taken over by villains makes ZERO sense. The government and/or the heroes would not allow an entire city to suffer just because.

Hell, Damian took Gotham Girl down without even breaking a sweat. Do you honestly think the Justice League couldn't do the same thing? People do hate Tom King and it's because he is a shitty, nonsensical writer.

If Gotham Girl uses not full range of her powers, she won't die. Superman can beat Batman and Flash in fair fight, and Gotham Girl have very similar abilities with superman. And also I want to point your attention to the fact that magic was weakness yet in the Silver Age, and maybe even in Golden (I haven't read very much comics about Superman from Earth-Two). And you even didn't tried to argue with my last statement. You just supported each other in your hatred.

Citation needed, regarding "she won't die unless she uses full range of her powers", because if memory serves me correct, Claire clearly states her powers drain her life energy. The more she uses them, the sooner she'll die. Unless King contradicted that later on, and you can provide a direct quote.
Now, I don't think comparison with Superman is fair. He's a Kryptonian, after all. She may indeed share some powers with him, maybe her powers were created partially from his DNA, that we don't know.

However, we also do not know if she shares any weaknesses with him, in this case magic. If she's vulnerable to it, fine, I don't mind it. I mind, however, a clear deus ex machina Damian's wand was. It was in the comic, because it was convenient. Surprise! It's literally like the infamous shark repellent. That's my problem. I don't hate the comic, and emotions don't blind me. I just see what for what it is.

Captain Atom should have been able to wipe the floor with Gotham Girl easily, she’s human so she’s susceptible to his radioactivity. King clearly stated that if he uses her powers at “Superman-level” she would die within days if not minutes. How much life it drains is directly proportional to how potent the abilities are. She uses the full extent of her powers, she dies. Superman being susceptible to magic is still canon. You’re talking out of your ass holonet.

Nihilist - Yes! you are right. that is how they explained Gotham Girl's powers draining her life force. all the sudden that gets forgotten about. Talon1load - hahahaha! good one! Darkseid24 - good point. wasn't Dr Manhattan an analog created to substitute Captain Atom? so why is one a God and the other Gotham Girl's punching bag?

Yeah, Tom King is the worst author. Because of this he won Eisner Award twice. I don't want to argue because it's pointless. If you like Tomasi's Batman, you are lost to this world. If not, you are not so hopeless and maybe one you can understand King's Batman.

The Eisners are voted on by their people in the industry. Soooo, his friends? I put ZERO credence in those. Maybe if they were voted on by friends. And Tomasi’s Batman was light years ahead of anything King has done.

Lol, if your only line of defense is "you like X, therefore you can't comprehend the greatness of Y", then I guess you're the one lost to the world, mate. And Eisners, come on, be better than that! They are industry awards. FFS, Squirrel Girl won one! It's a circlejerk, like Nobels, with Kissinger or Obama, or Oscars with Black Panther and Dances With Wolves. Awards don't have to reflect the quality.

Thank you. Also, I forgot to mention another mess that is Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which still didn't award Maiden, Priest or Alice in Chains. But hey, N.W.A and Bon Jovi were inducted. Don't ever trust awards, they are as subjectively given out as we write reviews. We do them pro bono, though, so one good thing, nobody bought us.

yes Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is definitely some BULL$#&%!! Bon Jovi isn't even a pimple on Priest, Maiden or AiC's ass! ...and speaking of music, Grammy awards are BS too. i don't know if you recall many years ago Metallica was nominated for their song 'One' off of ...And Justice For All. -and the damn award went to Jethro Tull of all bands!!! they aren't even metal!! - that right there just proves how worthless an award is. it's all corrupt. bunch of sleaze buckets in bed with one another.

Yeah, I've heard about the Jethro Tull fiasco. It's just laughable. And even worse, heavy metal music is still, to this day, either omitted from all these popularity contests, or classified in the same basket as rock. It's all futile and fake.

Actually wanted to test to see if I rated a 1 would I get an automatic like from Darkseid24 and the other ppl who auto rate Tom king Batman 3 or lower. Jokes aside, the reality is the run is fine, it's nothing special or amazing, but since Batman is so huge and ppl have put some of their personality in it, ppl tend to act irrationally. This issue is better than the last since something actually happened, however, the spoiler twist that I won't talk about feels a little sudden considering Thomas had no animosity towards this character, earlier they were talking cordially. If it's permanent then it'll definitely be divisive, but a 1? No, it's like a review above states, just somewhere in the middle, which is what this whole run feels like. Amazing art most of the time, started off with a lot of promise, but doesn't stick the landing plot wise. Still not as bad as ppl are saying, I definitely think the run reads a lot better in trades or collected editions. I hope king ends his run well with Bat/Cat since it is frustrating that he can put out amazing hits like Mister Miracle, Vision, Omega Men, but then do stuff like Heroes in Crisis and an average Batman runmore

"City of Bane" continues! The last of the independent villains are on the run, leaving Gotham City entirely to Bane and his cronies-including Flashpoint Batman and Gotham Girl! Though this means a semblance of peace on the streets, the iron grip of tyranny is squeezing all life out of Gotham. And with Bane's machinations keeping other heroes out, t...

I gave very good reasons in my own review, why it is so bad& why it only deserves 1 star. I also don’t always give King such a low rating, only if he deserves it. So stop acting like these problems with his run wouldnt exist& that fans are just senselessly hating on him. I could say the same about people giving him a 10 every time without giving any reasons& ignoring every problem.

I agree with the 10 part. But a 1 overall? lol theres a lot more than just Tom King in the comic, there's art, there's ink, there's color, etc... A 1 would imply every single thing is bad about this comic

Yes the art is great, but I mostly concentrate on the story & character portrayal. The nicest art doesnt help much, if the story is just badly written& characters are out of character. I wouldnt know anything good about this issue& if I could I gave it 0 points. I defended King in the past, but there is nothing I can defend about his writing anymore. He constantly creates new problems without solving the old ones ( like awful dialogue).

to each their own i guess. i know theres a lot that goes into each and every book, so i cant rlly get how this would get a 3 or below. The frank miller superman is a series that id give a 3 rn, art and story are both bad. but agree to disagree i guess

But what is good about it? There are so many plotholes, bad dialogue, inconsistent storyrelling, characters are out of character, I really don’t know how it could get a mediocre or good rating. At least the dialogue isnt so bad in Millers Superman, but if you like Kings Comics go ahead.

i said it was average lol like a lot in the original review. I never said it was good. Average is a C in normal grades. everything in the issue was pretty set up, except for the twist which i said was a little sudden, but it could possibly be a scarecrow fear toxin situation, so who knows. This arc definitely isn't as bad as his knightmares arc which was pretty bad, that i would give a 5 or below. Frank Millers superman just doesnt hit any of the right notes for me at all.

Oh, Knightmares was unbearable, I want to forget that filth. This, though... only few more issues to go, breath in, breath out, calm down... With all seriousness, though, did DC announce who's going to take over the series after King is finally out?

i will just say this- Tom King didn't get fired off Batman before his 100th issue just for the hell of it. there are a lot of damn good reasons. the guy had no business ever writing Batman. DiDio is a moron for sticking King on their biggest seller.

You can’t solve everything with Scarecrow’s fear gas lol But yes it could be. Honestly I think this is even worse than the Knightmare arc. At last nobody was killed/ wounded there. His first issues were mediocre to me, it turned really bad during Knightmare, then to total trash during the desert & City of Bane storyline. I hope there will be a better writer.

the first 30 issues are wildly overrated. didn't Batman get his throat slashed by a crackhead in issue 15? and he was crying like a Baby in issue #1. Nightwing, Red Hood and Damian all got hung by their necks in the bat-cave, but weren't dead. no. this run was never good.

I'm a sucker for his 3 first arcs, honestly. I liked them, they've set up some solid plot elements. Too bad it was now all wasted, practically. Think of a J.J. Abrams movie - starts out great, you have million questions, and then it ends and it sucks, because Abrams wrote the questions, but never bothered to answer half of them.

if i were to compare Tom King to a film maker, i'd say he's Zack Snyder meets Michael Bay meets Joel Schumacher. ...when Batman was crying as he was about to crash that airplane in issue 1, you just KNOW he had rubber nipples on his bat-suit!!! ...he was probably squeezing them while he was crying.

@ myconius Nah that is an insult for them. Michael Bay‘s Texas Chainsaw Massacre was great, I love BvS& Watchmen by Snyder& Schumacher did Phantom of The Opera & I love that movie as well. I think Kings Penguin story wasnt that bad (apart from Penguin having sex with an animal)

I think King's run is one of the worst I've ever read. I think it is FAR below average. He's been paired with great artists but that's literally the only thing he's had going for him. I tried to like this run. I really did but issue one was terrible and it just never got better. He just kept writing terrible dialogue and missing or dropping plots left and right. I can't stand how inept and constantly depressed Batman has become. It is ridiculous.

Hell, he's had his back broken multiple times in this run and it NEVER has any sort of affect outside of the issue. In Knightfall he took about a year to recover. Here, he's good in the next panel. King is the, IMO, worst and most overrated writer at DC.

I wouldn't have a problem with him being depressed, personally. I have a problem with him not seeming to have any emotions but anger whatsoever, though. He's become a one dimensional cliche. Notice how Bruce Wayne almost doesn't exist in his comics, and Batman is always grumpy, rarely speaks anything, and there's no chemistry between him and any other character. Not the villains, not the allies, not his family and loved ones. This run feels so emotionless these days.

What does him leaving Batman and going to movies have to do with this “sprawling epic” you speak of? He’s a shitty comic writer. Maybe he’ll do better at comics. Especially since he won’t be writing that alone. It still has nothing to do with them pulling him early. He wouldn’t or couldn’t align his story with what DC wanted so they pulled him. Pretty simple.

I mean mister miracle, vision, Omega men,and sherriff are all really well done. Grayson was good. Ppl seem to only remember heroes in crisis and Batman here lol... Of course I know ppl will respond rn with all of these are overrated. But you know there's something called opinions, and that's just one I have and I'm sure most people have cuz they're both highly rated on this site and on most sites.

Omega Men was complete shit. I tried Grayson but just couldn't get into it. Mister Miracle was just stupid. I never tried Vision but Sherriff was okay. Sherriff played to his strengths. It was a subject he actually understood and characters that he created. He does a really bad job of writing characters with previously established histories. He's just not a good writer. IMO

Tom King was "let go" after a reportedly good meeting with WB and AT&T. He wasn't let go. He's still going to get to tell his vision. Tom King pursued the movies and took a Batman/Catwoman miniseries to finish out his run to keep from overworking himself. I was saying that that shows how much he cares about his Batman run, that he accepts a truncated version in a B-title because he can make more money writing a movie. This was wholly his decision.

People liking Mister Miracle mostly has to do with the fact, that not many people have read The New Gods. If you have read all New Gods Comics you realize how awful Kings story was. He wrote Darkseid as a total idiot& The end made zero sense. How can people defend that? Kings dialogue is the worse I have ever read in a Comic.It sounds like a 4 year old has written it.

So much misinformation. The only people who believe Tom King is fired are the ones who want to. It was revealed by several people at DC that something big is happening in 2021 (Jim Lee, Tom King, Bendis, Williamson have all mentioned it) and Tom says his Batman run was supposed to sync up with that at issue 100, but it was getting there too quickly. So DC and Tom had a mutual agreement to give him a monthly title since it would sync things up more and also give Tom more time with his movie work.

Sales dropped and more people criticized King, so DC pulled the plug. He got extra series with Bats and Catwoman afterwards, because it won't be risky to them. Its sales won't be comparable to regular series, otherwords Detective Comics would be a top seller every month. It's a safe choice for DC.

That was the speculation aka misinformation that spread from Comicsgate and other YouTubers who want that to be the case, but I am using interviews and not speculation. DC also would have known sales would pick up after City of Bane (and they have so far, #77 had a second printing before it even hit shelves)

There was an unconfirmed rumour that Bob Harras hates Tom King's run though. He is the top of the pecking order at DC if I understand their job titles correctly, which I don't since Dan and Jim seem to do his job for him.

if Tom King wanted to pursue a movie career you'd think that would have been announced BEFORE him getting let go from Batman. ...the Batman/Catwoman mini-series would have been announced simultaneously when it was said he was leaving the Batman title. ...he was fired due to dropping sales. DC comics is downsizing. they know they can't have this idiot writing what should be their best selling title anymore. they screwed up royally. now they have to fix the problem.

It is true they are downsizing, someone anonymous said to be surprised which contracts will expire the next time they run up. That pretty much to me sounds like it must be Tom King, Brian Bendis, or Scott Snyder.

I want King to be fired, but he wasn’t really fired. However I think DC might have realized that many hate his Batman run. A Catwoman/ Batman mini series doesn’t get so much attention like the Batman title. I wish a good writer takes over. Not someone worse than King.

Nah, I'd like to believe they'll keep Snyder. His post New-52 Batman work has been really celebrated, and he's been consistently good. From Justice League, through Dark Nights Metal, to Last Knight on Earth, he seems to be doing great. I wonder, who could take over King, though... Him? Morrison? Murphy? Very maybe Priest?

Snyder has said he is done with Batman after Last Knight on Earth, but pretty sure there is already another Batman project of his that was previewed lol.
I would like Tom Taylor or Jeff Lemire maybe. I don't even know what a Jeff Lemire Batman would be... but he killed it with Green Arrow starting with #17 of New 52.

@Br'er Lapin- A Jeff Lemire Batman would be awesome, especially if Sorrentino illustrates some issues. Tom Taylor certainly proved himself with that annual as well. I agree, Priest is not for everyone, myself included. I've tried reading his work, his style just doesn't click with me. I don't know about Snyder, he's more hit or miss for me, Morrison's always great, I'd love to see him return to the title. I think Murphy works best with out-of-continuity titles.

@Ohhaimark Doug Moench would be my first Choice, but I doubt DC brings him back, so Manning would be great or Tom Taylor ( but only if he doesnt kill anyone this time). Hopefully not Johns or Morrison.

i'd love to read more Morrison Batman. but he said after GL that he's done with Monthly comics. he'll probably stick with Graphic Novel format books like Arkham Asylum II that's supposed to come out one of these decades.

I think I'm going to miss reading these reviews when King's run is over. I was about to post something to the effect that it's impressive that so many people feel so passionately about the character that an average/flawed run can inspire such a strong negative reaction. But you pretty much said it for me.

People giving this a 1 are those who are in the “I hate this run camp.” It’s ok not to like the book but to rate it a 1 is just petty. Your saying that it is literally the worst thing ever written, it’s not.

It’s also not a 10 because OMG shocking event happened!!!

Everything that happened with Damien made sense. No one ever helps other cities when dire things are going on and King, whether you like his reasoning or not, did give us a reason as to why there isn’t any outside help coming in. It did seem a little rushed to me, the last page was kind of forced/random. Dialogue between Damien and “grandpa” was entertaining.

Possibly a must buy for collectors because of the potential event in the story. more

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People who rate it a run possibly just hate King and hate how poorly this comic is written and executed. People who automatically give this a 10 probably deserve just as much of your derision as the others.

Sure, they have every right to hate it. My point is it’s literally impossible to say that this is one of the worst comics ever written. The art is phenomenal, I think we’re all in agreement there. That alone warrants at least a 1.5. If people were giving it straight 1.5s or 2s I’d have no quarrel. But to say it’s absolute trash 1/10 is, in my opinion, just people being fed up with a book and bashing it. Everyone here has undoubtedly read something worse, it’s not an honest score.

It’s harder to argue against the people who put a 10 on it, they could honestly have loved the book. I would recommend some other stories to them to read widen their horizons. But it really is not a perfect book, by any means. Again, my opinion, everyone has a right to their own. I’m just asking people score it fairly and not just burn it to the ground. But if you honestly think it’s a 1 (or 10) I would question you but respect it

@Darkseid24 if that’s your honest opinion I can respect that.
@myconius it’s been very controversial. I don’t love it but I think it’s better than what people are saying. I think they gave him too many issues to tell his story. If it was shorter with less filler I think we’d be looking at this differently. Potentially, who knows.

@BirdmanG07 - I think the problem is definitely that King got too many issues to tell 1 story. I really liked maybe 2/3 of the first 50 in the run. That's because there was real plot progression for most of it, an arc for Batman and his supporting cast, and a rotating cast of villains. Then with issue 50, I wasn't even upset as much about the abandoned wedding.

What really outraged me was that Tom King and DC said with issue 50 that I'd completely wasted my time and money on 50 issues that were ALL part of one big story arc that was only half over. In my judgement, any payoff after 100 issues of Bat-Cat-Bane was 50 issues too late. It all boils down to Tom King saying Batman can't be happy, Bane will make his life hell, and Batman will save the day by punching people. That's 1 to 6 issues of story spread to 100.

@Superheroes for Hire I was talking about it with my buddy, too. We looked back at the books and said, that could’ve been shorter, this wasn’t really needed. That dragged out a little long. Etc. I agree with you. I think he bit off a little more than he could chew. I’ve loved stuff by King but for his style I don’t know if the 100 issue route can work, regardless of the character. Not saying it’s a bad thing, just his style.

Let me catch you up. Damian ignores dire warnings and gets his ass handed to him by Old Batman. Bane Kills Alfred as a warning to all other Bat family members. They have Damian and they'll do the same to him if they come to Gotham. I really hope they storm Gotham and Damian gets his head crushed.

Meanwhile, in Paris, Selina is with Bruce. Bruce says he's going back to Gotham to die a good death like Mom and Dad. Selina says not without me. Gotham's my city too. She says "You don't see me".

Now you're caught up.

What I liked. The art was good. Kudos. What I didn't like. The decompression. It took me two paragraphs to describe this story. I guess we're supposed to get a sense of like father, like son. The Wayne boys are stubborn and won't quit, whether for good or evil, I guess.

King is still not writing Selina like an actual character - someone with her own voice, her own view, her own spark of divine fire. King has said he's writing the Bruce-Selina romance to honor his wife. But now I really wonder about their marriage. It's not Bruce who doesn't see Selina, it's King. He has almost always written her as a prize to be won and not as an actual person.

He also writes Bruce like a weird child with overwhelming mommy and daddy issues, someone who is really an incredibly damaged person who is incomplete and destructive to himself and his city.

I know this is the way writers write Bruce now, but I prefer the person who is the smartest guy in the room who dresses up as a bat for strategic purposes and who is motivated to make Gotham a better place because he actually wants to help people, and not just work out parent issues as obvious as the ones Mike Meyers made fun of in the third Austin Powers movie.

But that's me. I could be wrong. But overall, an issue that stretches out three pages of stuff into an entire issue. I'm not impressed.more

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don't worry. writers like Peter Tomasi have had to clean up after worse messes than this. Batman will be on another mission to some other supernatural world to resurrect Alfred. ....everything Tom King does just feels like a cheep gag. who the hell actually falls for this crap?

Or it gets ignored. I mean Kings run doesn’t fit at all with Year of the Villains,Alfred is alive in Doomsday Clock& Detective Comics also ignores it. With a better writer it could have been a great story, but King isn’t talented enough.

God, I was so happy when I thought one of The 'Wings was dead. But of course they aren't. I wonder if the writer ever gets bored writing this series? Especially when every issue starts with the same tired explanation we get every issue about who Ric is. It's so repetitive and it just adds to the problems this book has.

While the Nightwings recover from their last battle against the fiendish Burnback, Ric reflects on the small portion of his past that he remembers-life in the circus as the youngest member of the Flying Graysons-in hopes of finding any clues as to what kind of man his parents hoped he'd become...perhaps a certain Talon has the answers he seeks?

I also hoped he was dead ( would have been more dramatic)& I totally agree, that the explanations are annoying, but overall I liked this issue. Maybe it’s because it’s still so much better than Kings Batman& Im quite annoyed by it.

I love Tony Daniel’s art and Damian’s greatly portrayed, that said, City of Bane is just “Knightfall 2.0”. A lesser “Knightfall” at that, doubt the “twist” will stick but for a climactic arc this is underwhelming so far.

"City of Bane" continues! The last of the independent villains are on the run, leaving Gotham City entirely to Bane and his cronies-including Flashpoint Batman and Gotham Girl! Though this means a semblance of peace on the streets, the iron grip of tyranny is squeezing all life out of Gotham. And with Bane's machinations keeping other heroes out, t...